1, In the holy city of Karbala, thousands of Shiite Muslims demonstrated against the United States.

2, Karbala, south of Baghdad in Iraq's Shiite heartland, is one of the world's holiest Shiite cities.

3, Karbala has been the scene of clashes between loyalists of Shia cleric al - Sadr and Iraqi forces.

4, On April 14 ,(http:///karbala.html) a car bombing in Karbala killed 44 people and wounded scores more.

5, A train passenger traveling from Baghdad to Karbala, a Shiite holy city some 60 miles south of the capital, reads a prayer book.

6, The pilgrims were marching to the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, to celebrate the birth of Mohammed al-Mahdi, the 12th Shiite imam, who disappeared in the ninth century.

7, Shia Muslim women attend the festival of Arbaeen, one of the holiest days in their religious calendar, at the Imam Abbas shrine in Karbala, Iraq.

8, At least 40 people have been killed and more than 140 wounded by bombs apparently been aimed at Shia pilgrims on the final day of a religious ceremony in the Iraqi city of Karbala.

9, Workmen digging a new water pipe in the centre of Shiah holy city of Karbala discovered the remains of dozens of people.

10, One blast was near a revered holy shrine in Karbala.

11, At that time, millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims converged in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad, to mark the religious saints Imam. 700 anniversary of Hussein's death ceremony.